Light Pollution in and around Stockgrove Park

Stockgrove Park is a quiet rural location some 2 miles from Leighton Buzzard,
Bedfordshire
and 1 mile from Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire. It has no council street
lights and could be totally dark at night.

Most people value the peaceful setting and the chance
to be away from the hurly-burly of the town. Yet some
people still seem to flood the location with badly designed and ill-considered lighting.
Lighting has its place but should be well designed to illuminate only that which
is necessary. Well designed lighting also saves money and hence saves on
precious natural resources.

This web page shows some of the worst examples:

An otherwise totally dark view spoiled by street-type
lighting on a private drive to the Dower House

If street-type lights are necessary, then well designed downlighting would solve
the problem of glare and be far cheaper to run.

The northern sky - sky glow caused by poor Milton Keynes lighting

This view to the north was taken at midnight and although Milton Keynes is over
5 miles away it shows the colossal waste of energy. Most of Milton Keynes'
lights are not downward facing, hence most of their light output is directed
where it is not needed - upwards.